Ella (Ella Fitzgerald album)
Ella | ||||
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Studio album by Ella Fitzgerald | ||||
Released | 1969 | |||
Recorded | May 26–30, 1969 | |||
Genre | Pop music, jazz | |||
Length | 34:06 | |||
Label | Reprise | |||
Producer | Richard Perry | |||
Ella Fitzgerald chronology | ||||
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Source | Rating |
Allmusic | [1] |
Rolling Stone | (favourable)[2] |
Ella is a 1969 studio album by the American jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald and the first of two albums she recorded for the Warner Bros. owned Reprise label. This album continues the theme set on Fitzgerald's previous album, consisting in the main part of cover versions of popular songs from the late 1960s. The production of this recording was in the hands of Richard Perry, who had joined the Reprise label in 1967. Perry later went on the produce albums by Barbra Streisand and Diana Ross. The album was re-issued on CD with alternative artwork, in 1989. Released together on one CD with Ella's final album recorded for Reprise label, Things Ain't What They Used to Be (And You Better Believe It).
Background
The late 1960s saw Fitzgerald's recording career change greatly, the success of her Verve years (1956 to 1966) was never repeated. After the sale of Verve records to MGM Records in 1961, Norman Granz continued to manage live performances, bookings and produce Ella Fitzgerald's recordings for the label. Granz had semi-retired to Switzerland in 1960 and when Fitzgerald's contract at Verve-MGM ended in 1967 he actively sought a new label. John Hammond of Columbia Records showed interest in signing Fitzgerald, as did Capitol Records and in September 1967 Granz signed Fitzgerald with Capitol Records. The four albums recorded at Capitol Records are the most diverse albums of Fitzgerald's career, they included a country music album; Misty Blue and one of spiritual music; Brighten the Corner. Norman Granz was not involved in the production of these albums or the choice of material. Later in 1969 Granz again began producing Fitzgerald's albums, taking up this position on the live album Sunshine of Your Love recorded for the Prestige Records label, and distributed on the MPS Records label. In late 1969 Fitzgerald signed to Reprise Records and recorded two albums for the label, before returning to a Norman Granz owned label in 1972, when Granz began the Pablo Records label.[3]
Track listing
For the 1969 LP on Reprise Records; RS 6354 ; Re-issued by Reprise-Warner Bros. in 1989 on CD; Reprise 9 26023-2
Side One:
- "Get Ready" (Smokey Robinson) – 2:34
- "The Hunter Gets Captured by the Game" (Robinson) – 3:01
- "Yellow Man" (Randy Newman) – 2:20
- "I'll Never Fall in Love Again" (Burt Bacharach, Hal David) – 2:51
- "Got to Get You into My Life" (John Lennon, Paul McCartney) – 3:06
Side Two:
- "I Wonder Why" (Newman) – 3:11
- "Ooo Baby Baby" (Warren Moore, Robinson) – 2:43
- "Savoy Truffle" (George Harrison) – 2:47
- "Open Your Window" (Harry Nilsson) – 2:51
- "Knock on Wood" (Steve Cropper, Eddie Floyd) – 3:38
Personnel
References
- ^ "Ella". Allmusic. All Media Guide. Retrieved 2011-08-08.
- ^ Unias, A.Q. (2 February 1970). "Records". Rolling Stone (51). San Francisco: Straight Arrow Publishers, Inc.: 38.
- ^ "Ella Fitzgerald: 1917-1996' - Chapter 14 '1964-1972' by Stuart Nicholson. (UK) ISBN 0-575-40032-3
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albums
- Ella Sings Gershwin
- Songs in a Mellow Mood
- Lullabies of Birdland
- For Sentimental Reasons
- Miss Ella Fitzgerald & Mr Gordon Jenkins Invite You to Listen and Relax
- Sweet and Hot
- Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Cole Porter Song Book
- Ella and Louis
- Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Rodgers & Hart Song Book
- Ella and Louis Again
- Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Song Book
- Like Someone in Love
- Ella Swings Lightly
- Porgy and Bess
- Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Irving Berlin Song Book
- Get Happy!
- Ella Fitzgerald Sings Sweet Songs for Swingers
- Ella Fitzgerald Sings the George and Ira Gershwin Song Book
- Ella Wishes You a Swinging Christmas
- Hello, Love
- Ella Fitzgerald Sings Songs from "Let No Man Write My Epitaph"
- Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Harold Arlen Song Book
- Clap Hands, Here Comes Charlie!
- Rhythm Is My Business
- Ella Swings Brightly with Nelson
- Ella Swings Gently with Nelson
- Ella Sings Broadway
- Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Jerome Kern Song Book
- Ella and Basie!
- These Are the Blues
- Hello, Dolly!
- Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Johnny Mercer Song Book
- Ella at Duke's Place
- Whisper Not
- Brighten the Corner
- Ella Fitzgerald's Christmas
- 30 by Ella
- Misty Blue
- Ella
- Things Ain't What They Used to Be (And You Better Believe It)
- Ella Loves Cole
- Take Love Easy
- Fine and Mellow
- Ella and Oscar
- Fitzgerald and Pass... Again
- Lady Time
- Dream Dancing
- A Classy Pair
- Ella Abraça Jobim
- The Best Is Yet to Come
- Speak Love
- Nice Work If You Can Get It
- Easy Living
- All That Jazz
albums
- At the Opera House
- Ella Fitzgerald and Billie Holiday at Newport
- Ella in Rome: The Birthday Concert
- Ella Fitzgerald Live at Mister Kelly's
- Ella in Berlin: Mack the Knife
- Ella in Hollywood
- Ella Returns to Berlin
- Twelve Nights in Hollywood
- Ella at Juan-Les-Pins
- Ella in Hamburg
- Ella and Duke at the Cote D'Azur
- Sunshine of Your Love
- Newport Jazz Festival: Live at Carnegie Hall
- The Stockholm Concert, 1966
- Ella in Budapest
- Ella à Nice
- Jazz at Santa Monica Civic '72
- Ella in London
- Montreux '75
- Montreux '77
- Digital III at Montreux
- A Perfect Match
- Sophisticated Lady
albums
- Songs from Pete Kelly's Blues
- One O'Clock Jump
- Back on the Block
- The Complete Ella Fitzgerald Song Books
- Pure Ella
- The Complete Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong on Verve
- Jukebox Ella: The Complete Verve Singles, Vol. 1
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albums
- Ride 'Em Cowboy
- Pete Kelly's Blues
- St. Louis Blues
- Ray Brown (second husband)
- Ray Brown Jr. (son)
- Louis Armstrong collaborations
- A Man and His Music + Ella + Jobim
- Marilyn and Ella (2008 play)
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